charles baeder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BAEDER, OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

FINISHING- RAWI-IIDE WHIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES BAEDER, of the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, glue and whip manufacturer, have invented a new and useful Process of Finishing Rawhide' Whips byy Pressing and Planing Them; and I declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of said process and of the machinery by which the same is e'ected, reference being had to the annexed draw-ings, making part of this specilication.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the dies for pressing the whips, and of t-he frame and screw for holding and operating them. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the dies. Fig. 3 is a plan of the under die. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the plane. Fig. 5 is a View of the face or under edge of the plane showing the tapered grooves and concave planes. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the plane.

The machine consists of a screw or other press frame (a screw press is designated in the annexed diagram Fig. l for convenience-and as one mode of the application of the power) to the lower end of the screw passing through the elevated portion of the frame A Fig. l is firmly attached an iron or metallic die plate B inthe lower surface of which are cut grooves of dierent diameters, and each tapering or becoming smaller in diameter in the passing across the die plate and adapted to the dilerent sizes of the whip and the gradual diminution of its diameter. F astened to the lower frame work of the press and marked C Figs. l, 2 and 3 in the annexed diagram, is a corresponding plate of like material and construction with similar grooves and accurately fitted, so that the tapering semicircular groove of the upper plate7 shall, upon the turning of the lever fastened to t-he screw and lettered D Fig. l; or the application of other power, descend upon the lower plate the grooves of said plate corresponding with grooves of like size and taper in the said under plate. To the outer edges of the lower die plate are cast projections or shoulders c to confine the upper die plate B in its position on the lower die plate c. l

The machine for planing and smoothing the whip consists of a plane F Figs. 4, 5, 6,

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or shape of the groove Gry where it is inserted.

The plane may bemade with a single bitor (as designated in the diagram) with two bits I I adapted to two grooves G G of different diameter, set in opposite direct-ions the taper of the grooves running in opposite directions-the position of the stock being reversed or turned end for end in order to operate with the cutters alternately.

Operation The whip being made in the usual manner by scoring the wrapper and twisting it over the filler, is laid aside all dry. It is then placed in one of the tapered grooves of the lower die plate c proportioned to its size. The upper die plate B is then brought down upon t-he lower die plate c and forced down down by the screw; or by some other mechanical agent until the whip be suthciently compressed. The upper die plate is then raised and the whip removed. The whip is then placed upon a bench and held firmly by a pair of turning grippers applied to the large end ofthe whip. The plane is then passed longitudinally over the surface of the whip, which is turned by hand during the operation of planing, until the whip is planed smooth and regular. Should a whlip' of smaller diameter be required to be planed the position of the plane must be reversed.

What I claim as my invent-ion and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The process herein described of finishing raw hide whips-viz:-submitting them to heavy pressure in suitable dies and subsequently smoothing them by planing by suitable planes, all as herein described.

` CHARLES BAEDER. Witnesses:

WM. P. ELLIOT, A. E. H. JOHNSON. 

